A Garden House in Kamakura

Kamakura, Kanagawa, Japan

KamakuraKominkaRestored

€1,200,000

4 bedrooms · 1 bathroom · 113 m² interior · 2,305 m² land

Why We Selected It

A Garden House in Kamakura, context detail

Kamakura's old houses on land of real scale rarely reach the market in this condition. The restoration has kept the original timber frame, the dark-sugi cladding and the tiled roof, while bringing the services into the present: an open kitchen with a hand-tiled wall, a renovated bathroom, a modern bedroom under a cedar ceiling. The plan runs flat and open, and the engawa opens the tatami rooms straight onto the lawn — a scale of private garden that is almost never found this close to the old centre.

The Home

A Garden House in Kamakura, interior detail

Restored single-storey kominka with a private garden of about 2,300 m², on the resort hills above Sagami Bay · Restored with the original timber frame preserved and the services brought into the present — kitchen, bathrooms and lighting are new

A restored single-storey kominka of about 113 m² on a quiet hillside plot of some 2,300 m² in Kamakura — tatami rooms, an engawa opening onto the lawn, a wood-burning stove, and around an hour from Tokyo.

A restored single-storey kominka of about 113 m² (1,227 sq ft) on a plot of some 2,305 m² in the resort hills of Kamakura.
The original timber frame, dark-sugi weatherboards and tiled roof are preserved; the rooms run flat and open across the house.
Tatami rooms with shoji screens look onto the garden through sliding glass, and the engawa carries the whole south side.
An open kitchen with a poured counter and a hand-tiled blue wall opens to the pergola and terrace.
A living lounge with a wood-burning stove and black-framed windows into the trees; a modern bedroom beneath a cedar ceiling with concealed lighting.
A tiled vanity room and a stone-finished bathroom, each with its own window onto the greenery, complete the plan.

Life Here

The old capital

Kamakura was the seat of Japan's first shogunate; the temple hills, the Great Buddha and the bamboo grove belong to a town that is still lived in, not a museum.

The coast

The long beach at Shichirigahama and its surfing sit at the edge of town, and the Enoden railway threads between the sea and the houses.

From Tokyo

Around an hour from Tokyo Station on the JR Yokosuka Line — a real commute, which is part of why the town stays alive in every season.

The garden

About 2,300 m² of private ground — lawn, mature trees and a pergola — a scale of garden almost never found so close to the centre.

Our Perspective

Why it works

A restored, immediately habitable kominka with a garden of genuine size in Kamakura, bought together at €1,200,000. The town's land is scarce and protected as much by its own character as by its rules, and restored stock of this scale is unusual.

Ownership case

Kamakura's supply is effectively fixed: the hills and the heritage fabric hold building in place, while demand comes both from Tokyo weekenders and from international buyers. An already-restored house removes the largest cost risk in this market — the renovation — before it begins.

What makes it special

The flat, open plan and the engawa onto the lawn read as one continuous room in summer. In a town defined by its temples, a house like this is a rare domestic counterpart.

Best suited for

A Tokyo-linked family or a couple seeking an all-season base an hour from the capital — for living, for holidays, or as a considered rental in a market with genuine year-round demand.